Aditya Jha

Aditya Jha is the Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Verne Robotics, an AI robotics startup based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2025 and backed by the Y Combinator S25 batch, the four-employee company develops robot learning models that enable automated systems to acquire new skills in a matter of hours. Verne Robotics currently deploys its technology in production environments, including a partnership with a biotech unicorn client for automated vial packaging. Prior to his current venture, Jha worked on the product team at Microsoft, where he led the Azure Copilot initiative from its private preview phase through to its general availability launch. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Cornell University and has accumulated operational experience across various early-stage technology startups. His professional background combines enterprise software development with a current focus on accelerating the deployment of intelligent robotics in industrial automation.